Letters to the Editor

The Trump dump is in full swing today in the newspaper industry. Newspapers—small, medium, and large—once courageous enough to take my independent-minded letters and commentaries now won’t go near them with a ten-foot pole. Most […]

A quote from Corradino: “Yes, I am a Republican, but first and foremost, I am a citizen of the United States and the Mayor of the City of Oswego, and I don’t mind, when something […]

On 23 August, the Garnet Fire started in Fresno County, California. As of 14 September, the Garnet Fire burned across thousands of acres. In Canada, the Tsetzi Lake fire raged on this past week. The […]

In a 1917 telegram, former French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau wrote, oil is “as necessary as blood.” The necessity of oil for the survival of Western governments, including the US, led to a unique phenomenon […]

I’m writing in response to Legislator Frank Castiglia’s melodramatic August 29, 2025, editorial titled “Cry Me A River!” He began, “If you missed the August Legislative meeting, you missed another meeting where Legislator Roy Reehil […]

King Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia asked in 1938, “Do you know what they will find when they reach Mars? They will find Americans out there in the desert hunting for oil.” Anthony Sampson wrote […]

Trump says tariffs are going to pay down the $37 trillion national debt and overflow into a dividend check back to the American people. Who is he kidding? Tariffs are not even paying down the […]

If you missed the August Legislative meeting you missed another meeting were Legislator Roy Reehil, stormed out of the meeting refusing to vote on a motion. I made a motion to move the subject of […]

In “The City of God,” Saint Augustine recounted “The answer which a captured pirate gave to the celebrated Alexander the Great… When that king asked the man what he meant by infesting the sea, he […]